BlockBuffalo Springs Lake, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Slaton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79404. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo Springs Lake quadrangle. 468 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,018 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBuffalo Springs Lake grew from 453 to 468 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 453 | |
| 2020 | 468 | +15 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Buffalo Springs Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo Springs Lake between 2006 and 2015, burning about 326 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 272 & FM 831 |
| 20 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALL GRASS FIRE |
| 8 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 835 GRASSFIRE |
| 19 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANSOM GRASS FIRE |
| 29 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Buffalo Springs Lake: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acuff Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| H L Stafford Const Co Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Zahn Pavers Caliche Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Buffalo Springs Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2841615 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1388617. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.